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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 4993077, member: 15309&quot;]Oh thank God, I found a thread about a coin that isn&#039;t total dreck, thank you Beefer, this forum has been slowly killing me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elgins are a pain to grade.&nbsp; They are almost always weakly struck, and yours is no exception.&nbsp; The woman&#039;s dress, arms, and baby are all showing incomplete strike.&nbsp; That said, this area of the coin is weak even on premium gem, but not to the level of the weakness on your coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin looks to have decent luster, but I wouldn&#039;t say blazing and probably not gem grade luster.&nbsp; The rim toning is pretty, but shouldn&#039;t be star worthy, though I used to own an MS67* that didn&#039;t have much more toning than yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, your coin has some pretty significant surface problems.&nbsp; The scrapes in the upper reverse field should be very punitive to the grade as commemoratives usually have pretty clean surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the coin and think it has nice eye appeal, but everything else is rather below average, my grade is MS63.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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